Well, I've owned this car for a few years now, and I'm ready to start doing something with it, so why not throw up a build thread to track progress?

She keeps my 73 Corona Wagon company.

Found this car on Club4AG and couldn't say no. Previous owner was joshiroku, he did a great job with it. Started off as another minty white Cressida wagon, interior is amazing.

Josh did some nice work, making it a daily-able clean car. Front is on coils, rear is on bags (no on-board compressor). Wheels are XXR with some nice dish. They work for now, but I'm looking for some SSRs for her. It has an intake and exhaust, nice sound system, 12% tint in the back 30% in the front, tranny cooler, tow hitch, and is just an overall clean, fun, reliable car.

175k miles and climbing. Still reliable enough to drive to work (70 mile trip). Love Toyotas.

Here's the bags zero'd out vs. inflated (for state inspection, lol):

With no air, the car has some reverse rake. If I were to keep it like that, I'd have to wind down the front coils a bit. I think I'm going to keep them aired up half-way though, as my spine can't take the hits these days.

Driveways are fun when the bags are empty, luckily the tow hitch takes the hit. The pavement in front of my driveway has many battle scars:

Notice my neighbor has the old Japanese wagon fever, too.

She's been pretty much in storage for the last year or so, but last weekend I got her our, put some air in the bags, re-tinted the front (couldn't pass an inspection, heh) and refilled the AC system. I couldn't be happier cruising around town. She always turns heads and gets comments.

Future plans include:

New wheels (eyeing some SSR mesh, would like to PC them white)Bagging the front and getting an on-board compressorRolling the fenders a littleFixing the rear bumper (have two spares ready for paint)NardiThrow on a spare NOS JAF emblemClean up some small trim issues

Haven't seen this since it was at Josh's! You are right- this thing was in VERY good condition. Josh and I have always seen eye to eye on car projects, my Super Datsun, his Carolla, etc. Sweet find for sure! I have missed his recent work on the AE86 with the Ford turbo 4 since I moved. Best of luck! Bobby

Haven't seen this since it was at Josh's! You are right- this thing was in VERY good condition. Josh and I have always seen eye to eye on car projects, my Super Datsun, his Carolla, etc. Sweet find for sure! I have missed his recent work on the AE86 with the Ford turbo 4 since I moved. Best of luck! Bobby

Josh finds the cleanest cars, it's insane. Also, that new 86 he's building is AWESOME.

It's a front cut right behind the rad. Has a clean GX71 bumper, another grill/headlight setup, fenders, lip, etc. Not sure how much of it I'm going to use yet, need to think it through. Glad I finally have it all, though. Next parts on the radar are slimline rear bumper (already have a few clean USDM ones in case), MarkII badges, parking lights, etc.

Took the car out to the racetrack yesterday to meet up with the previous owner and see him time trial in his insane 86. Then used it to haul a bunch of crap instead of my truck, it really carries a lot. Car was on the road for about three and half hours, with no issues, as usual. Love this car.